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Keycare raises $24m & Dr Lyle thinks he’s found a virtual care niche! – The Health Care Blog
Health Tech Lyle Berkowitz has been very well known as a techy doc for years. He’s ran an innovation center at Northwestern, written books, been featured at tons of conferences (including Health 2.0), had a stint at MDLive and was founder and Exec Chair at HealthFinch which was bought by Health Catalyst. But instead of […]
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What growing up on a farm taught me about food security
To answer those questions, I met with local farmers, neighbors, and leaders, listening to the barriers they face. We talked about the supply chain—every step that goes into getting food from farm to table. Rather than raising their meat and selling it locally, these farmers explained, they’ve had to sell their livestock to a buyer […]
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Google might give the Pixel tablet a 64-bit-only build of Android
Enlarge / An official picture of the Pixel tablet, due out early next year. Google Android 13 hit AOSP the other day, and included in the code source dump is an interesting commit spotted by Esper’s Mishaal Rahman. It sounds like Google is planning to—or at least experimenting with—moving the upcoming Pixel tablet to a 64-bit-only […]
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Ryan Insurance snags two insurance agencies in back-to-back deals
Ryan Insurance – a Pittsburg, KS-based independent insurance agency and Acrisure partner – has announced its acquisition of two other insurance agencies in Kansas: Fox Insurance Agency in Arma, KS and Schroeder Agency in Pittsburg, KS. “Both these agencies have served this community well for years, and we take the responsibility of continuing […]
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Healthcare utilization lag dings hospitals, boosts insurers
Low medical spending Insurers incorrectly modeled the cost of COVID-19 care and treatments associated with lingering effects of infections, which led to inappropriate premium increases, Melnick said. A lack of competition exacerbated this problem, he said. “My premiums are probably up 20% since 2019, and I know that my plan costs are not up 20%,” […]
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Britney Spears’ first husband Jason Alexander booked into Napa County jail for alleged bracelet theft
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Britney Spears’ ex-husband Jason Alexander was reportedly booked into the Napa County Department of Corrections on two felony charges related to an alleged bracelet theft in 2015. The charges are separate from his misdemeanor battery and trespass conviction from Spears’ June wedding to Sam Asghari for which he served a […]
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Why we can no longer afford to ignore the need for climate adaptation
As a professional field, climate change adaptation remained neglected, misunderstood, and small through the early 2000s, when Lara Hansen, an ecotoxicologist by training, began working on the subject for the World Wildlife Fund. Hansen and her colleagues would joke that all the world’s adaptation experts and researchers “could fit in an elevator.” But soon, the […]
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Triple-I Blog | Cellphone Bans Cut Crashes; TelematicsCan Help ReduceDistracted Driving
Max Dorfman, Research Writer, Triple-I State prohibitions on cellphone use while driving correlate with reduced crash rates, according to recent research by the Insurance Institute for High Safety (IIHS). However, overall results were mixed among the states studied, with different legal language, degrees of enforcement, and penalty severity, providing possible explanations for the differing outcomes. […]
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CHOP Moves Forward On $1.9B Patient Tower
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP; Philadelphia) is planning a new inpatient tower on its main campus in Philadelphia, according to the website phillyyimby.com. The $1.9 billion, 1.4 million-square-foot facility is part of CHOP’s $3.4 billion development plan. The new inpatient tower will house eight diagnostic and treatment floors; 12 inpatient floors with 40 beds per […]
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Sony A95K QD-OLED 4K TV wins big at the EISA awards
Next-gen television takes home top OLED accolade at prestigious awards Sony’s next-gen Sony A95K 4K TV has taken home the big prize at this year’s EISA Home Theatre & Display awards. The flagship for the Sony 2022 TV range picked up the award for ‘Best Premium OLED TV’, beating off strong competition from Samsung’s S95B […]